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ed henry at the white house on another attempt to change the subject. first up, though, chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel from the capitol with warnings about the insecurity of your information. good evening, mike. >> reporter: well, bret, good evening. with the administration trying to move beyond the website's rough launch, there are some here on capitol hill who say there are still significant security and other concerns. >> just yesterday i logged in to the d.c. exchange where members of congress must go and got an error. >> reporter: healthcare.gov is still struggling and darrell issa and others say they're worried about security. >> from a cyber standpoint we're all very concerned. it's very clear this is not a website that is highly secure. as a result hackers are flocking to it to try to take advantage of what clearly our security risks that are still there. >> reporter: the house intelligence chairman revealed it's a significant number of people seeking unauthorized access. >> we know that this thing gets hit thousands of times a d
ed henry at the white house on another attempt to change the subject. first up, though, chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel from the capitol with warnings about the insecurity of your information. good evening, mike. >> reporter: well, bret, good evening. with the administration trying to move beyond the website's rough launch, there are some here on capitol hill who say there are still significant security and other concerns. >> just yesterday i logged in to the d.c....
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podesta, former clinton white house chief of staff is coming on board the obama white house to become counselor. not exactly, maybe you know, being a white house correspondent, what exactly is he going to be doing? >> i think he's going to be trying to steady the ship over there. this guy has a long career in washington. he's done a lot of this work before in the clinton white house, for example. i think this is clearly the transfusion. the question is whether the transfusion before the amputation in terms of the white house staff. the president and other top aides have suggested that somewhere down the line, probably after they smooth out the wrinkles, putting it mildly for obama care, they would be open to looking at a review of the team, seeing who's playing well and who's not. i haven't heard anything about amputation yet but this is a very interesting transfusion. >> brand new q poll out this hour has president obama at a new historic low, 38% approval. they need to do something. >> look, he doesn't need to raise his approval ratings just for the sake of raising them. big change
podesta, former clinton white house chief of staff is coming on board the obama white house to become counselor. not exactly, maybe you know, being a white house correspondent, what exactly is he going to be doing? >> i think he's going to be trying to steady the ship over there. this guy has a long career in washington. he's done a lot of this work before in the clinton white house, for example. i think this is clearly the transfusion. the question is whether the transfusion before the...
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president obama will kick-start the e effort with an event at the white house this afternoon. of course this comes nine weeks after the first rollout which was marked by glitches and crashes as well as repeated promises from the administration that things would get better. >> nobody's madder than me about the website is working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed. >> no one ever imagined the volume of issues and problems that we've had, and we must fix it. >> there is an enormous amount of work going on on a daily basis to make the necessary fixes and to upgrade the site with the goal of making it fully functional for the vast majority of users by the end of this month. >> i am confident that by by the time we look back on this next year that people are going to say this is working well and it's helping a lot of people. >> after all that, the white house finally appears comfortable enough to say that the website is workable and workable enough to start promoting it. late yesterday it started with a tweet from healthcare.gov twitter account reporting that
president obama will kick-start the e effort with an event at the white house this afternoon. of course this comes nine weeks after the first rollout which was marked by glitches and crashes as well as repeated promises from the administration that things would get better. >> nobody's madder than me about the website is working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed. >> no one ever imagined the volume of issues and problems that we've had, and we must fix it....
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president obama working at the white house this afternoon. he will delivema
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but i do think that president obama and white house officials are going to feel that this reenforces the strategy that he took during that battle with the government shutdown. that he wasn't going to give when it came to funding for the government or when it came to the debt ceiling. he wasn't going to give on obama care. he was in a little bit, you could argue, sort of intransjents. he said no, i'm not negotiating on this. and once this was all said and done in october, he said that he didn't think there was going to be another fight. so if that is the case, i think they're going to see that as justifying his strategy and that ultimate think did work. i will tell you, though, president obama has dedicated a lot of time to talking about unemployment insurance, and it appears that that is not going to be part of this. you have uninsurance benefits expires for 1.3 million people at the end of the year. a lot of this is going to be in this bargain. it appears at this point, that that's still going to be an issue unresolved from this agreement. >> i know you've been checking. this is a d
but i do think that president obama and white house officials are going to feel that this reenforces the strategy that he took during that battle with the government shutdown. that he wasn't going to give when it came to funding for the government or when it came to the debt ceiling. he wasn't going to give on obama care. he was in a little bit, you could argue, sort of intransjents. he said no, i'm not negotiating on this. and once this was all said and done in october, he said that he didn't...
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our chief white house correspondent chuck todd has our report. >> every day i check to make sure that it's working better. >> reporter: a once bitten, twice shy president obama today repitching health care and the website. >> we've learned not to make wild promises about how perfectly smooth it's going to be at all times. >> reporter: but now that the site can handle heavy traffic without crashing, the white house felt comfortable launching this new effort to sell the entire law. this continues until december 23rd, the last day to sign up for insurance and be covered on january first. the new website is working well enough that consumer reports magazine which warned readers away from the site in october is now on board, but with caveats. >> if you want to buy insurance that's in effect on january 1st, you have to do it pretty quickly. >> reporter: the magazine offers tips to help get through the site smoothly. have financial information including tax returns in hand. if you created an account in october, scrap it. start a new one. and if you think yao signed up but haven't heard direc
our chief white house correspondent chuck todd has our report. >> every day i check to make sure that it's working better. >> reporter: a once bitten, twice shy president obama today repitching health care and the website. >> we've learned not to make wild promises about how perfectly smooth it's going to be at all times. >> reporter: but now that the site can handle heavy traffic without crashing, the white house felt comfortable launching this new effort to sell the...
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obama care is just one of the headlines. just a couple of other very troubling numbers. one in five people who say that they voted for president obama last year say if they had to do it again today they wouldn't vote for him. nearly half say if they could, they'd recall him. but as bad as those numbers sound, they're rosy compared to how they feel about congress including republicans in congress who only get 19% support. so as we look ahead to next november a troubling as obama care could be for democrats, those numbers for republicans could be even worse, shep. >> john roberts in atlanta. >>> okay. something lighter. remember back when we were covering lance armstrong's doping accusations all the time? i wondered aloud if maybe the problem was something akin to what was happening on my favorite television program, the hbo show "true blood." >> what? >> v. >> what do you mean v? >> well, i mean the sheriff took v. do you not watch "true blood". >> no. >> if you get all amped up on v, you do all kinds of weird things. you should watch it. it will make you crazy to v. >> t
obama care is just one of the headlines. just a couple of other very troubling numbers. one in five people who say that they voted for president obama last year say if they had to do it again today they wouldn't vote for him. nearly half say if they could, they'd recall him. but as bad as those numbers sound, they're rosy compared to how they feel about congress including republicans in congress who only get 19% support. so as we look ahead to next november a troubling as obama care could be...
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many say obama care is prized for surviving. others may be so vested in the aca success they won't let the law fail. that's one reason why francis wilkinson says obama is wounded but obama care is unstoppable. nice to have you back at the table. >> good to see you. >> part of what you talk about here is something that was politically unpopular for a lot of progressives but you argue baked into this law and these restriction as and these rules is a complete coordination and integration of health care insurance market. that means there's a lot of money riding on this thing working. >> there is a lot of money riding on it. i think the way to look at this and way i like at it, we had inertia health care for a long time. we had something moving along at the certain pace and distance and direction and could not be stopped. obama care was a big, big jolt to that. now we're beginning to have the transition where this massive liner in the middle of the ocean is turning around and beginning to move in another direction. there's going to b
many say obama care is prized for surviving. others may be so vested in the aca success they won't let the law fail. that's one reason why francis wilkinson says obama is wounded but obama care is unstoppable. nice to have you back at the table. >> good to see you. >> part of what you talk about here is something that was politically unpopular for a lot of progressives but you argue baked into this law and these restriction as and these rules is a complete coordination and...
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the feelingsl on and rage of "angry white men" on c-span2. >> now president obama on the health care law. the president spoke for 15 minutes from the eisenhower executive office building. >> good afternoon. in 2007 when i was a 19-year-old college student in orlando, i began having some symptoms. i was covered under my parents insurance which was necessary since it required several surgeries. four years later while in graduate school in miami, my symptoms returned and i had to start infusions. each range from $12,000 to $15,000 at a clinic and it would have been more to receive hospital. fortunately because of the affordable care act, i remained on my parents insurance while in grad school and was able to receive the treatment i needed at an affordable cost. at 26 and working in a great organization i have the benefit of having my own insurance. i recognize i am lucky to have these benefits but not every american is as lucky. we have discussed the cost of private insurance and we would not able to afford it. the affordable care act for young adults hardest starting their careers -- [
the feelingsl on and rage of "angry white men" on c-span2. >> now president obama on the health care law. the president spoke for 15 minutes from the eisenhower executive office building. >> good afternoon. in 2007 when i was a 19-year-old college student in orlando, i began having some symptoms. i was covered under my parents insurance which was necessary since it required several surgeries. four years later while in graduate school in miami, my symptoms returned and i...
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does he go along with the white house in trying to trim spending as much as obama would like. it's interesting to see how much frustration there is in the cabinet not just hagel, but also sebelius. one of the reasons when you have these incidents like you do with the health care system -- >> why is general frustration. inside the white house do they think they are incompetent. >> they are not living up to standards with hagel. he's kind of lackluster when they thought he would come in there and be much more forceful. >> why did they think that? if they asked anyone in his own party who was a republican for many years, maybe still is, if they watched his confirmation hearings there were signs that perhaps he wasn't -- >> lots of signs. >> up for it. >> you get into this rush, one you want to get a republican in your cabinet, to say we have diversity of ideology. everything you're seeing with chuck hagel frustrations expressed in that piece any republican that worked with him could have said these are the frustrations you're going to have. like some of the health care stuff. >>
does he go along with the white house in trying to trim spending as much as obama would like. it's interesting to see how much frustration there is in the cabinet not just hagel, but also sebelius. one of the reasons when you have these incidents like you do with the health care system -- >> why is general frustration. inside the white house do they think they are incompetent. >> they are not living up to standards with hagel. he's kind of lackluster when they thought he would come...
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but just down the street at the grand hyatt hotel in washington, the white house's solar panels are the object of scorn and strategy. it is the meeting of the exchange council, alec, the consortium, where mostly republicans fought for the passage in their states. the initiative is to punish american homeowners who choose to go solar, the idea is to make the solar-powered homeowners pay a penalty for using fewer fossil fuels, disincentivize the use. alec's stated objective is blocking the renewable energy at the state and federal level. touting their laws that reform, freeze or repeal state or renewable energy mandates. these internal documents obtained by "the guardian" boasts that 15 states used this kind of legislation. they try to get their bills copied and passed as law in as many states as possible. that is what they do. the american legislative exchange council. they write or take legislation and then shop it to other states. sometimes they already became law, like in the bill stripping union rights or in florida, the "stand your ground law." the nationwide proliferation of that i
but just down the street at the grand hyatt hotel in washington, the white house's solar panels are the object of scorn and strategy. it is the meeting of the exchange council, alec, the consortium, where mostly republicans fought for the passage in their states. the initiative is to punish american homeowners who choose to go solar, the idea is to make the solar-powered homeowners pay a penalty for using fewer fossil fuels, disincentivize the use. alec's stated objective is blocking the...
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started out as a rough-and-tumble greeting at the white house. an overenthusiastic dog, obama's dog sun y, puppy number two and 2-year-old ashton. all is well that ends well. looks like it could be the start of a beautiful friendship sealed with a kiss. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. ♪ by the end of december, we'll be delivering ♪ ♪ through 12 blizzards blowing ♪ 8 front yards blinding ♪ 6 snowballs flying ♪ 5 packages addressed by toddlers ♪ ♪ that's a q ♪ 4 lightning bolts ♪ 3 creepy gnomes ♪ 2 angry geese ♪ and a giant blow-up snowman ♪ that kind of freaks me out [ beep ] [ female announcer ] no one delivers the holidays like the u.s. postal service. priority mail flat rate is more reliable than ever. and with improved tracking up to 11 scans, you can even watch us get it there. ♪ >>> it has been fo
started out as a rough-and-tumble greeting at the white house. an overenthusiastic dog, obama's dog sun y, puppy number two and 2-year-old ashton. all is well that ends well. looks like it could be the start of a beautiful friendship sealed with a kiss. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love...
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white house getting ready to roll out a new obama care campaign. brianna keilar is at the white house this morning. >> reporter: with some improvements to affordable health care website under his belt, is he making a pitch again. is it too soon? a live report is coming up. 1ñp farmer: hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer. and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we're going to go find it. it's out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we'd really like our truck back, so if you see it, let us know, would you? thanks. what? i use my citi thankyou card to get 2x the points at the coffee shop.at the office, which will help me get to a beach in miami and they'll be stuck at the cube farm. the citi thankyou preferred card. now earn 2x the points dining out, with no annual fee. go to citi.com/thankyoucards millions have raised their hand for the proven relief of the purple pill. and that relief could be in your hand. for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms
white house getting ready to roll out a new obama care campaign. brianna keilar is at the white house this morning. >> reporter: with some improvements to affordable health care website under his belt, is he making a pitch again. is it too soon? a live report is coming up. 1ñp farmer: hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer. and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we're going to go find it. it's out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and...
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michelle obama asking her if she was ok. houset the white yesterday. back to our question. andrew is in pennsylvania. what is your story? caller: yes, how are you doing? host: doing well. go ahead. caller: you look very beautiful this morning. i want to tell you that by the way. in to seecalling the main problem -- the main problem is the fed basically. it is not the minimum wage that is supposed to be going up. it is creating more jobs here in america. politicians, these democrats, republicans, is not really coming together. not really caring about moving forward with the economy. which is kind of scary in a sense. the most important thing for us as human society or for us as americans is to stay positive, to stay positive. there will be a day when everything -- the light is coming on. in the sense that, there will be a day that we will overcome that in that sense that we will come together, be united, have a conscience to grow in our spirituality, to grow even more stronger in that sense. host: damien in new york. caller: i am 65. color what the previous talked about happ
michelle obama asking her if she was ok. houset the white yesterday. back to our question. andrew is in pennsylvania. what is your story? caller: yes, how are you doing? host: doing well. go ahead. caller: you look very beautiful this morning. i want to tell you that by the way. in to seecalling the main problem -- the main problem is the fed basically. it is not the minimum wage that is supposed to be going up. it is creating more jobs here in america. politicians, these democrats,...
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president obama fought to keep his blackberry when he got to the white house. now another reason he won't be switching to the iphone. >>> plus this -- >> we're going to see our milk prices double. and that means that that price is going to have to be passed on to the consumer. >> shoppers be warned, keeping milk in your fridge may soon cost you double. if congress doesn't get its act together. second hour of "newsroom" starts now. good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for join iing me. gdp came in at 4.63%, much higher than expected but it may not be as strong as some had hoped. good morning. >> good morning, carol. two good economic reports, 2.63% growth in the third quarter driven in large part because companies were stocking their shelves, getting ready for holiday sales. 3.46% is the best we've seen in a year and a half and stronger than people expected. jobless claims report has slowed dramatically. it might have been distorted a little bit by thanksgiving, economists are telling me this morning. it's two upbeat economic reports. why are stoc
president obama fought to keep his blackberry when he got to the white house. now another reason he won't be switching to the iphone. >>> plus this -- >> we're going to see our milk prices double. and that means that that price is going to have to be passed on to the consumer. >> shoppers be warned, keeping milk in your fridge may soon cost you double. if congress doesn't get its act together. second hour of "newsroom" starts now. good morning. i'm carol costello....
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it seems the excitement of the season was obama's newest dog. sunny was too on mated. the small girl took a step back from the playful puppy and took a tumble. the other guests were concerned and fortunately, she was fine. she popped up to continue in the fun. sounds just like my house. we'll be right back. [ paper rustles, outdoor sounds ] ♪ [ male announcer ] laura's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. if --ucaptions by vitact--ck, be sur www.vitac.comur doctor >>> tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern on the lead, how faith helped him lose 65 pounds and how his congregation dropped 250 pounds. "ac 360" starts now. >>> jake, thanks. good evening everyone. breaking news, somebody may have the makings of a radio active bomb. the cobalt 60 have been found but there is no accounts the content has been accounted for. the last time this stuff got loose, people got sicked and died. first,
it seems the excitement of the season was obama's newest dog. sunny was too on mated. the small girl took a step back from the playful puppy and took a tumble. the other guests were concerned and fortunately, she was fine. she popped up to continue in the fun. sounds just like my house. we'll be right back. [ paper rustles, outdoor sounds ] ♪ [ male announcer ] laura's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of...
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house, calling her the natural successor to president obama. is it a given? this is up for debate with today's agenda panel. plus -- >> this feels great. that someone is a guy. >> olympic diver tom daly makes a major announcement about his personal life, something that took him by surprise. details ahead. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. i'm here to say a few words about the power of baking stuff with nestle toll house morsels. you can heal a broken heart with a bundt cake. make a monday mornin' feel like a friday afternoon with some nestle toll
house, calling her the natural successor to president obama. is it a given? this is up for debate with today's agenda panel. plus -- >> this feels great. that someone is a guy. >> olympic diver tom daly makes a major announcement about his personal life, something that took him by surprise. details ahead. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the...
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. >> the white house has backed away from a reported statement made two years that president obama had never met an uncle who lives near boston. it turns out the president not only knew the uncle, he actually once lived with him. why all the confusion? here's cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: he's a 69-year-old man who lives outside of boston. the "boston globe" previously cited the white house as saying the president and his uncle had never met. now the white house press secretary said this -- >> the president said he stayed with his uncle for a brief period of time until his apartment was ready. >> reporter: he said he said with him for three weeks. why the different accounts? >> back when this arose, folks looked at the president's book and there was no evidence that they met. >> jay carney said it was when he asked the president when he was told. critics of the white house say this speaks to a deeper credibility problem of the president and his staff not being forthcoming. >> so really, it was such an unforced error and it just goes back to this thing of the white house not being comp
. >> the white house has backed away from a reported statement made two years that president obama had never met an uncle who lives near boston. it turns out the president not only knew the uncle, he actually once lived with him. why all the confusion? here's cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: he's a 69-year-old man who lives outside of boston. the "boston globe" previously cited the white house as saying the president and his uncle had never met. now the white house press...
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. >>> as the white house continues its renewed public relations campaign to promote obama care, the number of americans signing up is on the rise. according to the kaiser family foundation, more than 243,000 have signed up for private coverage through the exchanges and more than 567,000 have been determined eligible for medicaid since the october 1st rollout. joining me now, congressman rosa delauro of connecticut and one of the white house democrats on the white house strike team promoting the health care law this month. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. delighted to be here. >> today's push is all about the success of medicaid expansion. 26 states and d.c. have taken advantage while 24 states all run by republicans or republican legislatures have declined the expansion. i also want to point out these stats the white house just released. if all 50 states were on board, 5.4 million uninsured americans could gain coverage. eight in ten of those would pay less than $100 a month, all of which would save states $10 billion over the next decade. so my question, congresswoman, is what are we
. >>> as the white house continues its renewed public relations campaign to promote obama care, the number of americans signing up is on the rise. according to the kaiser family foundation, more than 243,000 have signed up for private coverage through the exchanges and more than 567,000 have been determined eligible for medicaid since the october 1st rollout. joining me now, congressman rosa delauro of connecticut and one of the white house democrats on the white house strike team...
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care obama's new health fix-it man. a post just went up. can you talk about that? be one of the to white house'lobbyists to capitol hill and was working with congress when they pass the affordable care act. this appears to be a response to a freak out on capitol hill among democrats regarding the issue of people's policies being canceled because they did not meet the rules. may be the white house felt they had some of who is dedicated to this issue and had worked on getting a bill passed with the democratic lawmakers, maybe they could quell this discontent before a republican bill coming up on the house floor. that is what was going on a few weeks ago. from let's go to dan anchorage, alaska. caller: this is dan. my question is about the in theon of dedicated states that turned it down. who decides whether a state turns it down? is if the governor or the legislature of the state? is there any way if the state turned it down that they can change their mind and take it? guest: the answer is it depends on the state. usually the legislature has to pass a bill and the go
care obama's new health fix-it man. a post just went up. can you talk about that? be one of the to white house'lobbyists to capitol hill and was working with congress when they pass the affordable care act. this appears to be a response to a freak out on capitol hill among democrats regarding the issue of people's policies being canceled because they did not meet the rules. may be the white house felt they had some of who is dedicated to this issue and had worked on getting a bill passed with...
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obama, which he is. host: pat, who is the whole group? caller: a group of progressives who wanted into the white house and they wanted to be in it, regardless of whether they could get elected or not, but president obama seemed like a good candidate to be their mouthpiece. that is kind of what he is acting like. fireds why no one can get because they are in charge and he is not. that occurred to me as a possibility. can we talk about the cabinet secretaries and the power and influence that they have? guest: there is a long-term trend of centralization, including the extreme if ecology we have in confirming for any job. there are 200 senior administration officials right now who are waiting for confirmation from the senate that they have not yet approved. think about this, the chief of staff of the white house does not need to be confirmed, he serves at the pleasure of the president, so there are many even structural reasons as opposed to just the president's personal preference for why power resides in t
obama, which he is. host: pat, who is the whole group? caller: a group of progressives who wanted into the white house and they wanted to be in it, regardless of whether they could get elected or not, but president obama seemed like a good candidate to be their mouthpiece. that is kind of what he is acting like. fireds why no one can get because they are in charge and he is not. that occurred to me as a possibility. can we talk about the cabinet secretaries and the power and influence that they...
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the only people that actually is --resident obama it president obama is black people and white people who are not racist. it was brutal what they did in south africa. the south africans and the united states african-americans went through the same thing. i hope someday the white people can come to reconciliations. this is the headline from the chicago tribune. a powerful voice of reconciliation. uniting a nation and captivating a world. if you're are just joining us or listening to us on c-span radio, we are getting your calls and reflections on the passing of nelson mandela. next is joe, new york, good morning. caller: it is amazing that a man could suffer so much and come out with so much good and so much charity in his heart. i salute him. i have to raise a question. ago, four to six months neil armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. i am astonished, but the president of the united states did not go to neil armstrong's funeral. how is that possible? you have an explanation? host: i do not. i know he did issue a statement on the passing of neil armstrong and we cover the memo
the only people that actually is --resident obama it president obama is black people and white people who are not racist. it was brutal what they did in south africa. the south africans and the united states african-americans went through the same thing. i hope someday the white people can come to reconciliations. this is the headline from the chicago tribune. a powerful voice of reconciliation. uniting a nation and captivating a world. if you're are just joining us or listening to us on c-span...
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pitching obama care at the white house youth summit yesterday. here with us now from policy mike ceo and found er. policy mike is inviting young people to share ideas for what their generation and white house can do to make the affordable care ac. what does president obama have to say to young americans tonight to make them change their minds and it's worth signing up for health insurance? >> i think the key point is they haven't made up their mind yet because they are not educated enough on what the law means for them, how it will impact them in the short term and long term. the most important thing president obama can do is start a conversation, start a discussion which is really what he's set out to do and so this open mike conversation the white house will be responding to the most voted on submissions from young people all across the country. so i think president obama is very committed to starting a conversation that will hopefully get our generation educated on the details which are critical about this law. >> you know, jake, before -- you
pitching obama care at the white house youth summit yesterday. here with us now from policy mike ceo and found er. policy mike is inviting young people to share ideas for what their generation and white house can do to make the affordable care ac. what does president obama have to say to young americans tonight to make them change their minds and it's worth signing up for health insurance? >> i think the key point is they haven't made up their mind yet because they are not educated enough...
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the white house says this was not planned. after decades of frosty relations between the two countries, people like former president jimmy carter, says he saw it as a glimmer of hope. >> i think it was something significant. i've known raul castro quite well for a number of years. i don't hesitate to visit cuba when i want to. i've known his brother cadel as well. that was the first time i believe an incumbent american president has shaken hands with the leader of cuba. i hope that will be an omen for the future. >> a princeton history professor joins us as well as gloria borger. welcome to both of you. gloria, let me begin with you. just quickly off the top, was the handshake a glimmer of hope, was it just much to do about nothing? >> you know, where you stand depends on where you sit. i mean, we've just gotten word that congresswoman ross lateman in questioning senator john kerry today said that when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like raul castro, it becomes a propaganda coup. >>
the white house says this was not planned. after decades of frosty relations between the two countries, people like former president jimmy carter, says he saw it as a glimmer of hope. >> i think it was something significant. i've known raul castro quite well for a number of years. i don't hesitate to visit cuba when i want to. i've known his brother cadel as well. that was the first time i believe an incumbent american president has shaken hands with the leader of cuba. i hope that will...
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after two months of battling negative headlines white house is looking to turn the page on obama care. today the president kicks off a new three week campaign to refocus the public's attention on the positive aspects of the health care law. what does that entail? >> this is what democrats wanted for two years. they say every day between now and december 23rd they will do some event to talk about each day one different good part of the health care law in their view. the idea is they got to do something about this sinking poll numbers for health care reform. they got to recalibrate the debate gaven they went through the worst possible coverage of the roll out. the question is, can that work. if the site does work. if people does start to get health care coverage you'll get a different debate. the question is how much damage was done and is this thing fixed? you guys had a good conversation yesterday on the show yes the front end fixed but is the back end fixed in a way to lead people getting coverage that they can trust that insurance companies know what benefits they are getting as far
after two months of battling negative headlines white house is looking to turn the page on obama care. today the president kicks off a new three week campaign to refocus the public's attention on the positive aspects of the health care law. what does that entail? >> this is what democrats wanted for two years. they say every day between now and december 23rd they will do some event to talk about each day one different good part of the health care law in their view. the idea is they got to...
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the white house announced that the president and mr. obama -- and mrs. obama will be joined by presidents carter, clinton, and george w. bush honoring nelson mandela. we're going to begin with your comments and calls on a recent survey. a pew research study indicating power has declined. join in on the conversation, the lines -- you can join us on our social media, send us a tweet or send us an e-mail, journal@c-span.org . or join us on facebook. let's begin with a look at some of the newspapers. front page of "the washington post" has a scene from johannesburg. nelson mandela began the journey from tribal air to revolutionary icon. this from inside "the new york times," -- details from inside "the new york times." there is a new poll we want to draw your attention to. it essentially looks at the role we play in the world. here are some of the details -- support for u.s. global engagement is already nearing historic low and has fallen further. the public thinks that the nation does too much to solve world problems, and increasing percentages want the u.s
the white house announced that the president and mr. obama -- and mrs. obama will be joined by presidents carter, clinton, and george w. bush honoring nelson mandela. we're going to begin with your comments and calls on a recent survey. a pew research study indicating power has declined. join in on the conversation, the lines -- you can join us on our social media, send us a tweet or send us an e-mail, journal@c-span.org . or join us on facebook. let's begin with a look at some of the...
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from any obama care headaches. here he was. >> i was trying to be supportive of it. i don't think you can find anybody in america who worked harder for his re-election or support of this bill or went out of the way to explain the bill more than i did. there's no politics there. i didn't say anything until he talked. i'm trying to be supportive. i do think we have to get the website up and we have to work. is it confined to the website? that's the biggest problem because if the website is working and everybody can see what their options are, then in most states, most people will have a good option, which will be the same or less costly than the one they had before that will cover the same or more conditions. so, i think it will be all right. but, know there was no politics involved. >> when asked if hillary clinton will run for president because you know that is the question that bill clinton continues to get, his answer, three words, i don't know. but he did say, he likes joe biden and if biden is the democratic no
from any obama care headaches. here he was. >> i was trying to be supportive of it. i don't think you can find anybody in america who worked harder for his re-election or support of this bill or went out of the way to explain the bill more than i did. there's no politics there. i didn't say anything until he talked. i'm trying to be supportive. i do think we have to get the website up and we have to work. is it confined to the website? that's the biggest problem because if the website is...
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the president used it during this address to younger folk s here at the white house. here's what the president had to say. >> i know people call this law obama care. and that's okay. because i do care. and i do. i care about you. i care about families. i care about americans. but no matter how much i care, the truth is that for your friends and your family, the most important source of information is not going to be me. it's going to be you. they are going to trust you. >> so a little bit of the president picking himself up, dusting himself off from that disast rr rollout of healthcare.gov. no briefing here at the white house today, but on a conference call with reporters, officials with the administration, they were talking about how they also believe that enrollment is picking up, brooke. that is really the best news that this white house can be hoping for right now, for all of this work, and remember, a lot of people were receiving the kanlsilation letters. for all of this to work by january 1st, they need the enrollmentn numbers to accelerae quickly. they're start
the president used it during this address to younger folk s here at the white house. here's what the president had to say. >> i know people call this law obama care. and that's okay. because i do care. and i do. i care about you. i care about families. i care about americans. but no matter how much i care, the truth is that for your friends and your family, the most important source of information is not going to be me. it's going to be you. they are going to trust you. >> so a...
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obama actually praised him publicly. arnie duncan invited him to the white house to find out more about his program. there is 14 other teachers in this book doing equally enno rate issive resourceful work. >> one is michael good wynn, teaches in condoucord, massachusetts. it includes kids from boston that were bussed out to concord high school every morning. >> yep. >> you have developed something called a school within a school program. how does it work and how did you come up with the idea? >> yeah, sure. so the program rivers and revolutions. it is very much a school in a school. in that students that decide to come in, leave the mane stream curriculum. they come and live with us. it is fully integrated. >> when you say lived with us. >> that's a good question. not all the every day. meaning that is where they're spending their entire school day for the semester in this program. so instead of having their typical experience of being in glesh class, the bell rings, math, the bell wynn rings, which shows to fragment the
obama actually praised him publicly. arnie duncan invited him to the white house to find out more about his program. there is 14 other teachers in this book doing equally enno rate issive resourceful work. >> one is michael good wynn, teaches in condoucord, massachusetts. it includes kids from boston that were bussed out to concord high school every morning. >> yep. >> you have developed something called a school within a school program. how does it work and how did you come...